Thread: [Announce] Pierogi - a universal infrared remote control app
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2012-10-20 , 13:57
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Originally Posted by Fallingwater View Post
It's not a problem of range; rather, at least on my N900 it's a problem of direction. It seems my device's IR LED is very directional and I have to point it exactly at the TV's receiver. At couch distance if I point it at the right side of the TV it doesn't even register, but it works if I point it at the left lower side.
Wow, that's a very tight beam indeed. Let me check mine...

Well, that's interesting! Just eyeballing it, my main N900 (a revision 2204 device) can be pointed maybe 30 degrees left or right of the target and still activate it. Up and down is better, maybe 45 degrees off. My testing N900 (revision 2101) does better though, roughly 45 degrees left and right, and 60 degrees up and down.

So it does seem to vary by device. I'm not sure whether that'd be a function of the IR LED itself, or perhaps how deeply it's been set into the case...
 

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